By Wally Sarkeesian
Nikol Pashinyan lobbied the world—meeting EU leaders, shaking hands with Putin, and standing before U.S. officials. Secretly meeting Erdogan and Aliyev Yet not once did he negotiate with strength or make a genuine attempt to save Artsakh. His mission was not defense, not dignity, not the protection of his people. But dismantling
Instead, he built a wall of protection around himself—a police state trained to shield him from Armenians, not from Armenia’s enemies. Like Aliyev and Erdoğan, he created a vicious apparatus that silenced dissent, crushed protest, and guaranteed his own survival, even as the nation crumbled.
This was not leadership.
It was surrender disguised as diplomacy.
It was betrayal enforced by police shields.
The November 2020 capitulation proves the truth. On the battlefield, Azerbaijan could not capture Artsakh or Kalbajar. Armenian fighters held the line, unbroken. In war, when a ceasefire is signed, the land held belongs to those who defended it. Yet Pashinyan handed everything away—without being forced. Even Aliyev admitted: if the war had continued one more week, Azerbaijan would have lost.
This was not a defeat imposed by the enemy.
It was a betrayal orchestrated from within.
And while Armenian soldiers bled for their homeland, the police guarded Pashinyan—so he could surrender Artsakh.